Russian Defense Ministry called the rocket attack on Ukraine a "massive retaliation strike" for Bryansk

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that today's strikes on Ukraine were a response to terrorist attacks in the Bryansk region. The department called the shelling itself a massive retaliation strike.

Moscow Will Retaliate Against Western Arms Donors To Kiev If Threatened - Diplomat

 Russia is ready to retaliate if the United States and NATO supply Ukraine with weapons to strike Russian cities, Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of the Russian delegation at the military security and arms control talks in Vienna, said on Wednesday.

Speaker Warns of Powerful Retaliation for Weapons Supplies to Kiev for Attacks on Russia

Weapons supplies to Ukraine by the United States and NATO for attacks on Russia would lead to retaliatory use of more powerful armaments, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin warned on Sunday.

Russia's strikes will be "lightning fast" to external interference in Ukraine : Putin

 

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 If someone dares to intervene in the situation in Ukraine from the outside and creates strategic threats, Russia's strikes will be lightning fast. All decisions have been made at this point.
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Taliban loots families homes and evicts them - The Jerusalem post

Taliban fighters  in northern Afghanistan last month evicted families and looted and torched their homes in apparent retaliation for cooperating with the Kabul government, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Britain May Declare 'Water Wars' Against EU in Tit-for-Tat Over Brussels' Ban on UK Shellfish - Sputnik International

Last week, a senior UK government minister suggested that by introducing a permanent ban on imports of live British shellfish, the EU is seeking to punish Britain "for daring to become a nation-state" following Brexit.

Israeli envoys take caution after Farkhizade hit, retaliation threat - The Jerusalem Post

Israel’s representatives around the world must be extra cautious after Iran threatened to retaliate for the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizade, Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushipiz warned in a cable sent to all Israeli missions abroad on Monday.

Russia to Respond to 'Destructive Policy' of US Sanctions Expansion

Russia regrets that the United States continues its destructive policy of expanding sanctions against Russia, the country will take proper measures in response to the US actions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

Russia says new US sanctions are hostile acts, promises response

New U.S. sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict are hostile acts by the outgoing Obama administration and Russia will expand its sanctions lists against the United States in response, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS news agency.

Pakistan retaliates, asks Indian embassy official to leave country in 48 hours

In a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan on Thursday declared Indian high commission official Surjeet Singh as 'persona non-grata' and asked him to leave the country in next 48 hours.

Dozens of Martyrs, Injured in Terrorist Attacks in Latakia

22 civilians were killed and 53 others were injured in terrorist rocket attacks in Latakia city on Tuesday.

Russia on US Sanctions: 'Just Another Hostile Action' That Will Backfire

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the extension of anti-Russia sanctions lists is just another part of a series of hostile US actions against Russia.

Mogherini's spokesperson: EU deems Russia's 'stop list' as "totally arbitrary". (Blacklisted also former Commissioner Štefan Füle ...)

The European Union says it deems Russia's 'stop list' for 89 EU politicians as "totally arbitrary" and doesn't discriminate between commissioners and other European officials who have been denied entry to Russia, according to Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy led by HRVP Federica Mogherini.

Russia bans entry of EU citizens in retaliation. A similar list consisting of the U.S. citizens, but Washington did not ask to make it public.

Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Saturday that a list of EU citizens was banned from entering Russia in response to the EU's sanctions.

Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah missile attack. (Seven soldiers also injured in the attack, and one Spanish UN peacekeeper killed in Israeli shelling)

Two Israeli soldiers have been killed by a Hezbollah missile fired at at an Israeli military vehicle in the Shebaa farms are on the border with Syria and Lebanon.
The Israeli military confirmed that seven soldiers were also injured in Wednesday's strike.

'Hezbollah promised not to avenge Israeli attack from Lebanese soil'

According to a report in Saturday editions of the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa’, Lebanese government sources said that the Shi’ite group was keenly aware of domestic public opinion and the rising apprehension over the prospect of Israeli reprisals similar to the devastation that was wrought during the Second Lebanon War in 2006.

We meant to target low-ranking guerrillas in Syria, not Iranian general (Israeli source)

An Iranian general killed in an Israeli air strike in Syria was not its intended target and Israel believed it was attacking only low-ranking guerrillas, a senior security source said on Tuesday...

Israel on alert for possible Hezbollah retaliation to Golan Heights missile strike

Israeli military officials are on high alert Monday in response to Hezbollah threats to respond to Sunday’s IAF helicopter attack on a convoy which killed at least six senior operatives on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights.

In an interview with Army Radio, Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, the former head of Military Intelligence, said that the Shi’ite group “will have difficulty absorbing an incident like this [without responding].”

Israel: Gaza Airstrike is Warning to Hamas

Tensions are rising on the Israeli border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Israel says its first airstrike on Gaza since the 50-day war months ago is a warning to the Islamic militant group Hamas, after Palestinians fired a rocket across the border.

Russia calls new sanctions on Crimea 'collective punishment'

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday new Western sanctions against Ukraine's Crimea region were a "collective punishment" on residents who voted last March to join Russia, adding it was preparing to retaliate.